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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
May. 28, 2009
Hideto Yamada, Hiroshima, JP;
Eiji Okada, Hiroshima, JP;
Hideto Yamada, Hiroshima, JP;
Eiji Okada, Hiroshima, JP;
Ford Global Technologies LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
A pair of side frames extends longitudinally away from each other in a vehicle width direction, which includes a closed cross section formed by an outer panel having a U-shaped cross section with its vehicle's inward side opening and an inner panel having a U-shaped cross section with its vehicle's outward side opening. A cab-mount bracket is provided on a vehicle-outward side of a front portion of the side frame to support a cabin. The cab-mount bracket includes an upper portion which is joined to a side face of a side portion of the outer panel and extends in an outward direction, and a lower portion which includes an extension portion extending in a vehicle inward direction beyond the side face of the outer panel and be joined to a lower face of a bottom portion of the inner panel.